Making It Rein

A Reindeer-Assisted Trek Through Mongolia

Consider the reindeer. It’s a strange, magnificent beast of the wilderness, used by Mongolian tribesmen
and Santa alike to deliver mirth throughout the world.

And this summer, you’re going to ride one.

Introducing Reindeer Ridingby Urbane Nomads, an 11-day trek into the wild,
reindeer-filled heart of Mongolia, taking reservations now for an August expedition.

That’s right: you’ll be saddling up and riding a real live Dasher, Prancer or Vixen. But before that,
you’ll start out in a hut-cum-hotel in
Ulaanbaatar, splitting your time between massages and fresh-caught fish dinners—until the call comes
to head out to Rudolph country. Then you’ll hop a flight to your base camp in Muren, pick up a horse and
ride it for two days through the Mongolian north country with a trusty native guide (call him Genghis) to
speed your passage.

Soon, you’ll meet the Tsaatan—the only tribe left on earth still grazing reindeer, and therefore the
only people in the world who can let you ride one. Fortunately, they’ve been doing this for centuries, so
they can show you everything from how to steer a reindeer through the local lakes to how to use one when
you’re herding sheep through some of the more challenging canyons. And when the magic’s over, you’ll
hop back on your horse and ride back to civilization.